Saturday, February 17, 2018

Saturday's Critters #218

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These are our most recent photos from when Hubby and I visited Bombay Hook NWR. We made a short trip to the shore, hoping to see the Snowy Owl and just a getaway. So below are scenes and the some of the birds we saw at Bombay Hook NWR.

Tundra Swans

American Black Duck

Canada Geese

Tundra Swans

Various waterfowl, Canada Geese and Northern Pintail

A pair of Northern Shoveler

Various waterfowl, Tundra Swans, Canada Geese and Northern Pintail

A large flock of Snow Geese

Bufflehead ducks

Great Blue Heron

I believe this is the Red-tailed Hawk

I hope you enjoyed this visit to Bombay Hook NWR, it is one of my favorite wildlife refuges to visit. There is always something to see there.

I appreciate and thank everyone who links up their post and for all the wonderful comments this post and for my previous post!

77 comments:

Glorious photos - any one of them could have been taken here in NW Washington state - it is fun to see similar birds and landscape in other parts of the country. Hope you are enjoying your time off. Happy weekend.

A wonderful and fruitful trip with so many birds/ducks sightings at Bombay Hook NWR. All were enjoying the water except the red tailed hawk up on the tree. It looks like something had got its attention! Thank you for hosting. Have a great weekend!

Hello Eileen!What a great walk you had with your husband!And such a great collection of beautiful birds!Amazing pictures and captures of the Canada Gees flock ,the preety swans and the Hawk!Sorry you didn’t saw the Snowy Owl!Maybe next time!Wishing you a lovely day and a happy weekend!Dimi...

You obviously had a very rewarding day for waterfowl. In about another month those Tundra Swans will be arriving here in massive numbers as they wend their way to their Arctic breeding grounds. It is one of the great spectacles of nature to see them arrive in their thousands.

That was a very productive visit. I especially like the swans. I have seen them only a few times, in Alaska and the west coast (except for ubiquitous Mute Swans!). We rarely get to see Snow Geese in south Florida.

i see a lot of these here, i usually see the shovelers here in winter and i have not this year. i have been seeing the buffleheads but they stay so far from the shoreline, they are difficult to photograph. also, the ones i see are always diving. that is a nice capture of a big group!!

love the heron and that's a great capture of the hawk. i have not seen mine in a while!!

i hope you enjoyed your trip, many thanks for hosting...have a wonderful weekend!!

Hello Eileen. I know you go to Bombay Hook often and I'm not surprised as it does seem to hold a great number of species and huge numbers of each. It would be a place I would visit a lot and be great rewarding fun finding all those different species.

I haven't seen many hawks lately but I know there are plenty if you look more carefully. I did see a lot of turkeys in a field off the hwy this week, I've never seen so many turkeys in one spot. Nice series, and I like the way you label everything for us.

Hi Eileen, I really loved that hawk picture and loved all the pictures they give me a peek into what it is like there! Hope all is going well for you on your break. Your link up is one of the most popular so I hope it continues on, and we get to visit with you once a week then! cheers, Nora

I really enjoy looking through flocks of waterfowl, there is always a surprise in there somewhere...so much easier than the woodland birds around here up in the trees hiding behind the leaves, wayyy up in the break neck section...lol I love just looking across the water and there they are! Really nice list of species on your visit.

Hi Eileen, Thanks for sharing your photos from your visit to Bombay Hook NWR. Very nice indeed! I love the zoom capabilities of that camera you are using. Thank you for hosting Saturday's Critters. This link up is one of my favorites. Wishing you a fine week ahead! John

Good morning Eileen, I have to catch up, and I will be back with a critter post, I got blindsided by the horrible deaths in Florida, and my window post set for posting. Just when I think our country can't dip worse and bring such depth of sadness and heartbreak it does. I do sense these children and the supporters they have will make a major difference. Hope and pray every single day.

While a few seem to hang around this area ( southwestern PA ) all year we get a large amount of Canadian Geese in the spring / early summer at a local park and I just love to see them and their babes )

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I am married and have one son in his 20's. I live in Maryland, USA. Retired since Dec 2014 My hobbies are traveling, hiking, birding, taking photos and anything nature related.
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